Greensboro Police Department PSP Capacity Building Grant

The applicant, the Greensboro Police Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (GPD) is requesting funding to implement the GPD Analytical Capacity Building Project. With this funding, the GPD seeks to hire a Crime Analyst and to purchase equipment and software designed to enhance analytical capacity for crime reduction. The objectives of this proposed project are to: adopt policies and align organizational structure of crime analysis functions to ensure operational efficiencies and consistency; secure resources, purchase, produce, and disseminate high-quality, data-driven analytical products and outputs; maximize use of analytical tools; develop standard training goals for crime analysts as well as GPD sworn and civilian personnel; and enhance crime analysis integration and information sharing throughout GPD. Through the GPD Analytical Capacity Building Project, the GPD will build operational capacity to institutionalize crime analysis promoting streamlined information-sharing and leveraging existing infrastructure.